What is certain is that except for Li Xianzhong himself, no one knows what he plans to do next.

Perhaps even Li Xianzhong himself is not sure what he will do next.

Therefore, the spies of the Skynet Army and the whistle cavalry of the Henan Corps can only give full play to their subjective initiative, use their advantages in message transmission to seize the time difference, and use the time difference to tell Zhang Yuejing the offensive plan first, and then let Zhang Yuejing make arrangements quickly.

However, as the first general among the top leaders of the Ming army to stand alone, Zhang Yuejing is obviously not an ordinary person.

Based on the Song army's march plan passed to him by Tianwang Army in advance, Zhang Yuejing analyzed Li Xianzhong's offensive plan.

Go straight to attack the blockade line of the Ming army?

Li Xianzhong is a capable person and may not do that. Moreover, in their opinion, Xiangfan is as solid as a sacred person and will not be easily compromised, so he will definitely leave room for his own benefit and make plans with caution.

And at this moment, there was someone beside Zhang Yuejing who had strange emotions towards Li Xianzhong.

Ma Hongxing, deputy general of You Yijun, who was originally stationed on Huainan East Road to guard the local area.

During the First Ming and Song War, Li Xianzhong was the only Song general who escaped from the Ming army's troops, and his opponent at that time was Ma Hongxing...

Although Ma Hongxing defeated Li Xianzhong, he failed to pursue him for various reasons, so that Li Xianzhong retreated smoothly.

Ma Hongxing felt deeply depressed about this and swore in his heart that he would defeat Li Xianzhong no matter what, take down his head, and wash away his regrets.

When Ma Hongxing learned that the Song army was Li Xianzhong, the head general who supported the Xiangfan army, he immediately asked the Privy Council and Zhang Yuejing to temporarily leave Huainan East Road and go to Zhang Yuejing's army as a general to participate in the battle, and listen to it under the tent.

When Ma Hongxing heard the name Li Xianzhong, he couldn't control his inner impulse and had to go out to fight him no matter what, otherwise he would be unwilling to do so.

Zhang Yuejing was very interested when he heard that Ma Hongxing and Li Xianzhong had fought, so he summoned Ma Hongxing to the army to listen and asked him to analyze what Li Xianzhong would do next.

"Li Xianzhong is very brave, but he is quite capable. At that time, the Song army was defeated on the entire line and was busy and difficult to escape. Only this person went upstream and took the initiative to attack."

Ma Hongxing looked at the map and said seriously: "We didn't expect his attack at that time. Now, he might have thought about intercepting halfway. While our army was preparing to cross the river, he would dispatch a large army to attack and catch us off guard."

“So bold?”

Zhang Yuejing put his hands behind his back and sighed: "At that time, the army had all gone to Lin'an. The Song generals were afraid of the Ming Dynasty as if they were afraid of a tiger. This person was unique and he dared to take the initiative to attack. What a big goal?"

"If an ordinary person is waiting, he will only leave a laughing stock. But this person is not a laughing stock, but is very good at fighting. His subordinates attacked him with his extra troops and defeated him from noon to dusk. But when he was about to pursue him, he actually led his people to cut off the rear."

"Teach people to break the back?"

"Well, I'll take someone to break the back."

Ma Hongxing sighed: "The Song generals I saw along the way south were all flying generals, and they ran faster than anyone else. Only this person helped his subordinates cut off the rear and fought to the death. So it became late and our troops could not pursue them smoothly. In the end, they could only watch him retreat calmly."

"In this way, this person is indeed not simple."

When Zhang Yuejing looked at the map again, he thought a lot and said slowly: "If this is the case, this person will probably not be restrained in using troops. Instead, he will be very bold and do things that we normally would not think of, such as he would attack Henan and threaten our food routes, forcing us to divide our troops to protect the food routes."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuejing asked Wen Anzhi, the secretary of the Corps, around him.

"An Zhi, have the people evacuated?"

Wen Anzhi nodded.

"All evacuations have been completed south of Nanyang, and 30,000 militias have been mobilized to participate in the coordinated defense. The Henan militia has been trained for a long time and a large number of retired soldiers are used as instructors."

"Well, fortunately, I'm so careful. Now it seems that this approach is still necessary. If you don't notice it for a while and make the people of Henan suffer, you will be blamed."

Zhang Yuejing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since that's the case, this person will definitely not sit and watch the destruction of the Song army in Xiangfan. Instead, it is very likely to send troops to take the initiative. Then, he will send a cavalry to the direction of Biyang to be on standby. Once there is news, he will respond quickly.

If Li Xianzhong really sent troops into Henan, he would annihilate the Song army entering Henan, and then quickly interspersed to Luoshan and Xinxi area to cut off the main retreat route of the Song army, cut off the food route, and cut off the retreat route so that they could not retreat.

At the same time, our army needs to send a major force to return north to create the illusion of the main force returning to Henan. When the Song army is trapped and march towards Zaoyang, our army will directly kill a retaliation and fight the Song army in Zaoyang!"

Zhang Yuejing set up a rough tactic and set Zaoyang as the place for a decisive battle with the Song army.

Wen Anzhi was a little worried about this.

"After the main force of the army returns to the aid, it will be a retaliation, which has very strict requirements for the army's marching."

"Equipment the main elites participating in this operation with the best shoes, socks, leggings, and enough cheese, those who can ride horses and those who can ride cars, rotate along the way, and increase the speed to the highest level. The soldiers are the most powerful. What the Song army cannot do is our advantage!"

Zhang Yuejing punched the map with a punch and said angrily: "The main force of the Song army comes to help. If it can be wiped out in one fell swoop, the battle of Xiangfan will basically be equivalent to winning. Unless the Song army also transfers the Sichuan and Shu army, he will be waiting to be cut off in half!"

"What if the Xiangfan Song army broke out of the city?"

"Isn't that a good thing? By the way, our actions must be big, and we must let Xiangfan Song Jun know."

Zhang Yuejing grinned and said, "We must let Xiangfan Song army know that our rear was attacked, and that the Song army reinforcements have come to rescue them. When we annihilate Li Xianzhong, we will pretend that the Song army has broken through and come to save them, and trick them into opening the city gate. In this way, Xiangfan will definitely go down!"

Zhang Yuejing's face was full of confidence.

So when he learned that the Song army was about to arrive in Xinyang, he sent Pei Le, deputy general of the army, and Su Jianian, secretary, to lead the direct cavalry team and two thousand cavalry supported by Zhongdu to become a fast mobile reaction force, and gallop towards Biyang County.

Pei Le and Su Jianian arrived in Biyang County just one day after Wang Chong set out, and then learned through intelligence that a Song army was heading towards Biyang County.

They sighed at the accuracy of Zhang Yuejing's analysis, and then decided to go to the vicinity of Biyang County to prepare first. After arriving, they went directly to fight the Song army to prevent them from entering the city.

But the so-called unexpected situation in the sky. No matter how much Zhang Yuejing calculates, he cannot be considered as Wang Chong, a super flying general.

It’s so easy to protect, but the tasks are no longer executed. They just violate the order and run away. They run very quickly and are not afraid of beheading their heads at all.

"Do you want to chase?"

Su Jianian looked at Pei Le.

Pei Le thought about it.

"Catch it. Anyway, we have to go to Xinxi. If we can catch up on the route, we will kill it. If we can't catch it, they will be lucky. Anyway, our mission is to cut off the back path, and then we will kill the enemy. Just figure out the main and secondary."

Su Jianian nodded in approval.

Ten thousand Ming cavalry quickly marched eastward, targeting Luoshan County and Xinxi County.

On the other hand, after Pei Le and Su Jianian sent troops for four days, Zhang Yuejing ordered Ma Hongxing to lead 30,000 elite troops of the army to march towards Nanyang with full armed forces, deliberately making a huge and panic, and even stopped siege.

Zhou Benyuan, the defender of Fancheng, noticed something was wrong first.

During this period, the Ming army bombarded the Fancheng wall every day, causing miserable and miserable walls. There were potholes everywhere, gravel and soil splashing, and several large gaps were blasted out, which scared Zhou Benyuan to death and quickly repaired them.

The repair was really a life-long repair. Many soldiers did not dare to go up and the craftsmen were unwilling to go up. Zhou Benyuan was furious and killed more than a dozen soldiers and craftsmen, killing chickens to warn the monkeys, telling them that they might live if they go up, but they would die if they don’t go up.

This method of coercion and inducement has allowed some soldiers and craftsmen to urgently repair the city wall and barely maintain the defense of the city wall.

The Ming army was fierce artillery fire, which was obviously difficult for Fancheng to support it. The road to Xiangyang City was cut off by the Ming army. The two sides could no longer support each other, and it was really palpitations for them to be isolated from each other.

What's even more terrible is that the Ming army has begun to fill the moat and is progressing rapidly. As the moat in Fancheng is about to be filled, a passage will be filled. By that time, the Ming army will be able to directly attack the walls of Fancheng and start fighting.

Zhou Benyuan's hair was so worried that he had a large piece of white hair.

At this critical moment, the Ming army suddenly stopped daily artillery bombardment, and the army also had unknown mobilizations.

Zhou Benyuan climbed to the highest point of Fancheng and looked out from a distance, and found signs of a large army moving north.

After being stunned for a long time, Zhou Benyuan was ecstatic.

There are only two possibilities for the Ming army to mobilize northward.

First, when the Yellow River broke, the Ming army needed a large number of people to help clean up the mess.

Second, reinforcements came and they attacked the rear of the Ming army. The Ming army was forced to mobilize the army to go to the rear to extinguish the fire urgently.

And it is not yet the summer with the most abundant rainfall, and the possibility of the Yellow River breaking is relatively small.

Then, there is only one option.

Reinforcements are coming.

Very good.

Reinforcements finally arrived.

Zhou Benyuan left tears of excitement.

He immediately arranged for someone to shoot the news to Xiangyang City through the bed crossbow, so that Xiangyang City could also know that reinforcements were coming.

Then he passed the news and ordered every soldier to know the arrival of the Song Dynasty reinforcements.

Soon, deafening cheers rang out in the city.

After being surrounded for so long, the only thing that makes people happy now is the news of the arrival of reinforcements.

This news was enough to boost the low morale.

So after a while, cheers were also conveyed from the direction of Xiangyang.

The Song soldiers in both cities were equally happy and their morale was also greatly boosted.

During the whole day when the Song army in Xiangfan was greatly boosted, the Ming army did not launch artillery attacks or attack any action.

There was no other day, and the shelling was barely launched on the afternoon of the third day.

However, the strength of the shelling was completely incomparable to the previous few days.

This further proves that their guess is correct.

But at the same time, neither Zhou Benyuan nor Wang Yan nor any of the two cities seemed to have thought of a very critical issue.

The Ming army’s new firearms...their city walls cannot be dealt with, so can the Song army’s field troops really deal with it?

If they thought about it carefully, they might not be happy so early.

But seriously, they need a victory too much, a victory that can cheer for as much as possible.

Therefore, the Song army in the two cities of Xiangfan began to spread rumors that reinforcements had already attacked Kaifeng and defeated the Ming army.

I have to say that this kind of optimism is quite interesting.

But reality is often not that optimistic.
Chapter completed!